Thursday, 14 July 2011

A Couple of things I made today.....

Well, I made these after spending some time making the templates last night....I know you can get templates on the web but sometimes the things available to us in the U.K. are not American sizes so sometimes they don't work...for instance....a certain stamp company has their own notepads and I ain't going to pay postage for them so, we have perfectly good alternatives at Tesco.....and one of the photos shows my attempt to cover one up for a little gift....the paper is Washi paper attached to thick cardstock. I bought this so long ago at The Paper Ya on Granville Island, Vancouver...what a shop....www.paperya.ca - I've also managed to include the flap inside the cover which can hold receipts or something else you need to keep alongside it. This was the last piece of this paper in my possession.The other photo is the cover on the 100 size post-it notes - some felt flowers and a leaf (both Papertrey) and a couple of petals off a corsage I bought a long time ago - coupled with a ric rac and an edger panel as well. You know we see these things on the net all the time....I may be slower than some but don't underestimate the time it takes to come up with even the simplest little offering. All this when I should be making some of the 15 cards on order....so I better get back to that.Kind regards from a wet Northern Ireland where the weather has been glorious for a few days and now we get more rain to make the grass grow again!! It's endless!

8 comments:

I love these ideas. It's always good to just create things sometimes, without feeling pressure. These would make nice, useful gifts. I love Washi paper and should use it more often. I first learned of it in Japan, but have bought more since. My first Washi paper was used to cover eggs. It conforms to the shape so well. I learned this in Tokyo.

Hi there Joyce loving the bright colurs there so nice to see simple ideas (which do take time dont I know it ..am doing nothing today decided to have day off .. well except for washing, cooking, etc..ha! we never can take a day off completely can we!! Mm, is raining here after days and days of glorious winter sunshine ugh wish sunshine was back but trying hard not to whinge..love Shaz in oz.x

Oh Joyce I've been wanting to make some of these notepads for ages but haven't seen a suitable notepad so thanks for the T tip! I love the Japanese style of your pad - that paper certainly is GORGEOUS - bet you don't want to give it away!

Cute projects! I love that Washi paper and the Chinese coin, and the Post-It cover is so cute. Be grateful for your weather--over here we are looking at a heat wave of about 100 degree weather that is supposed to last at least a week. I'd be glad to take rain instead!

Hi Joyce, love your crafty makes here today and love the thought that you are doing it for yourself, good on you, that's what it's all about. Beautiful notepad cover and the post it notes flower is really lovely. Thank you for visiting me today and your kind comments, Gay xxx

Hi there Joyce back again would you please pop over to my blog as there is something for you there seehttp://calligraphycards-shazinoz.blogspot.com/2011/07/versatile-blog-awardwow.htmllove Shaz in Oz.x

Good morning Joyce! Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment! So I just had to come visit you! I love these two creations you have done here...both are lovely. I especially love the first one ...it is something we can all use. Keep up the good work and as always be creative!